Should we believe everything we see in the media? | Citizenship

Starter quiz

To make sure those in power are responsible for their actions and decisions, what do the media need to hold leaders to?
- silence
- obedience
- account ✓
Match the technique with its purpose.
- front page headlines
  
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  grab the audience's attention ✓
- investigative journalism
  
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  researches and works out big stories ✓
- in-depth interviews
  
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  question those in power ✓
The UK is a ______ so the Government must act fairly and deliver on their promises.
- 'democracy' ✓
If you have control or authority over someone or something, you have ______ over them.
- 'power' ✓
What was the MPs' scandal about in 2009?
- work
- expenses ✓
- computers
What does the media help to raise about issues that concern the public?
- 'awareness' ✓

When you believe someone can be trusted, you can call them ...
- 'trustworthy' ✓
Some media outlets can be trusted because ...
- they verify facts ✓
- they do not check their facts
- the opinions given are one-sided
- they employ investigative journalists ✓
Match the word with its definition.
- disinformation
  
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  information which is deliberately created to harm a person or group ✓
- misinformation
  
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  information shared without knowing it is false; no intention of harm ✓
- malinformation
  
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  truthful information which is shared to deliberately harm someone ✓
Order the steps of the Association of Citizenship Teaching's model to check if information is reliable.
- 1
  
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  Reputation
- 2
  
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  Evidence
- 3
  
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  Verify
- 4
  
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  Intent
- 5
  
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  Emotions
- 6
  
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  Weigh it up
You often need to know this to see if you are being advertised to or consuming inaccurate information.
- the purpose ✓
- the author ✓
- the price
- the cover
What skill could you use to investigate all aspects of the media content before deciding if it’s accurate and reliable?
- assumption
- advocacy
- evaluation ✓
- guesswork

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Some media outlets are trustworthy because they verify facts and do investigative journalism, but not all are reliable.
Be aware of disinformation, misinformation and malinformation when interpreting media content.
The REVIEW model helps spot misinformation: Reputation, Evidence, Verify, Intent, Emotions and Weigh it up.
Always question the purpose, evidence and trustworthiness of the information you see.
Evaluate all aspects of the media content before deciding if it’s accurate and reliable.

We can't trust anything we see in the media.

We can make sure we know how to get access to reliable and accurate information which will be more trustworthy.

Media - forms of communication like radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the internet, that reach or influence people
Trustworthy - something or someone who is able to be relied upon as honest and truthful
Reliable information - knowledge communicated about a particular fact or subject, often presented to us in the media, that can be trusted, believed and verified with external sources